PE and Sport

What does Physical Education look like at Merdon?

At Merdon we recognise the importance of daily physical activity. Everyday the children have the opportunity to undertake a range of active games whether it be games during our break times, our active and inclusion PE lessons that offer a wide and varied curriculum, or our fun inter-house competitions. Within the classroom, teachers use a range of programmes to ensure children have the opportunity to re-energise or promote calm and mindfulness throughout the school day.

Each child has the opportunity to participate in 2 hours of PE lessons each week, which compromise 1 hour of outside games focus and 1 hour inside. We also provide a range of extra-curricular sporting clubs both before and after schools where we encourage all children to join. 

House Captains

 At Merdon, we have an enthusiastic group of House Captains from Year 6 who are keen to improve P.E, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESSPA) across the school. House Captains apply at the start of each academic year and are responsible for demonstrating the school values to all children across the school.

House Captains help to organise and lead events such as Sports Day, Inter-house Sports competitions, year group sporting festivals and external sporting events for local KS1 schools. House Captains also give opinions on what they would like our PE and sport provision at Merdon to offer in the future.

In addition, our House Captains lead games, PE warm ups/cool downs and also look after the P.E equipment.  This role develops important values such as friendship, respect and kindness, as well as building their confidence and communication skills throughout the year.

The children play an invaluable role in promoting a healthy lifestyle amongst their peers and are keen to support their peers in getting enough physical activity.

Our House Captains are:  

• Passionate
• Considerate
• Kind
• Respectful
• Inclusive
• Creative
• Motivated